Hyuga language

Opening his eyes he found himself lying on the cold hard ground once again with a light shining in his face. Mumbling that it wasn't something he planned to make a habit out of, he slowly sat up and shielded his eyes with his hand hoping to see better. What he saw was the back of four men facing away from him, each one holding a gun at the ready as if on guard duty. Trying to get to his feet, he reached out to the closest one to try and pull himself up only for him to fall straight forward landing on his face where the man once stood. Cringing in pain as he picked himself up, he looked around again and suddenly felt like a fool when he realised the man he tried to grab was a result of his double vision and there was only really two men.

"Ced." One of them yelled seeing the teen struggle to his feet again, before kicking him in the chest and sending him tumbling across the ground till his back hit something.

"Hey, that hurts." He whined and was ready to stand back on his feet and confront the man when the second guard turned on his heels, his gun aimed at his head.

"Hu sujehk, kud ed?"

"Whoa... okay." He replied holding his hands up in surrender. While he had no idea what it was they were saying it was one message he could interpret. If he moved they would shoot him.

Finally after a few seconds the two men finally turned away from him and he let out a sigh of relief. Looking around he found it was a barrio that his back had hit which had stopped him falling off the side. Peering over the edge he finally realised he was on a ship with the water below, the waves lapping its side, while the anchor was slowly lowered to hold it in place. The deck was covered with barrels and crates with a crane sat idly at the stern, while spotlights on top the bridge pierced the darkness, aimed towards the water.

Suddenly the sound of a motor caught his attention and he looked back towards the bridge to see a hatch open and the girl that he'd met earlier stepped out behind another man and made their way towards him. Stopping in front of him the man threw something at Naruto who caught it with one hand before looking at what it was. A pair of swimming goggles.

"Ku yht ramb fedr dra cymjyka yht oui lyh cdyo." The man said pointing to the water before moving his arms about as though he was swimming.

"What?" Naruto looked back at him confused. "I don't understand what you're saying." What was it he was saying? Did he want him to go for a swim? The only reply he got though was a smack to the back of the head from one of the guards while the other pointed his gun at his chest ready to shoot him for his insolence.

"Fyed!" the girl called out before anything more could happen and moved forwards so that they were standing face to face, causing Naruto to worry. The last time she stood this close to him, she'd hit him. Hard.

"He says you can stay if you work for us."

"You... You understand me?" the blonde asked surprised to hear her speak words that he actually understood, but before he could say anything else he was hit in the back of the head once again.

"All right all right, I'll work." He pleaded, hoping they wouldn't hit him again as he rubbed the sore spot on his head before putting the goggles on.

"We found some ancient ruins right beneath us. That where we're heading, got it?" the girl explained as she put her own goggles on, adjusting them till they sat comfortably on her face.

"Roger" the blonde chuckled uncomfortable as he looking around at the people around him, all of them waiting for him to get to work or the opportunity to shoot him. Hoping it would be the first option he took a deep breath and cleared his mind before he took off running towards the ships railing, vaulting over it and corkscrewing in mid-air before diving into the water below. A few moments later the girl followed him in.

"It's not active right now but there's a huge power generator down there." The girl explained as she swam up to the blonde, as their bodies got used to the cold temperature of the sea. "We're going to go and turn it on, that way we should then be able to salvage the big prize. Ok?"

"Got it." Naruto nodded before diving under the water following his diving partner.

Following a cable which ran from the ship, the pair swam deeper into the abyss while Naruto looked around, trying to see where he was going. But as they dived deeper and deeper all he was able to see was the shadows of the few small fish that swam around him, giving the place an eerie feeling. Feeling something brush up against him he stopped his decent and spun around, searching the water for what had touched him, only to be met with darkness. Believing it to of just been a small fish he carried on, following the girl who'd continued on ahead of him.

Suddenly the search lights from the ship above moved across the water, cutting through the darkness. As the light crossed Naruto's path he stopped to look around and panicked as he came face to face with a fish larger than himself. Panicking, he clawed at the water, trying to put as much distance between the two of them as possible while the fish turned tail itself and swam away, startled by the strange creature it saw. When he felt he'd put enough distance between himself and the giant fish he stopped and looked around thankful to only see a few small fish swimming around him. Off in the distance he saw the girl carry on swimming, undaunted by the sights around her as the searchlight continues on its way before stopping on an old submerged building. Naruto had seem the other sunken ruins from earlier but they were just broken walls and statues, how was it possible for such a huge building to be at the bottom of the sea.

Noticing the girl swim through an opening at the side of the building and he swam quickly to catch her up. Making his way through the opening he found himself inside a room with computer consoles all around the sides, while in the centre stood a large machine. The girl swam to one of the computers and started pressing different buttons trying to get it to start, with no success before moving onto the next computer. As she tinkered away at the computers, Naruto swam to the other side of the room and started looking for a way to switch the computer he was at on. When he couldn't find a power switch he started pressing random buttons, hoping for something to happen, before finally getting frustrated with his lack of success and started to pound his fists against the console instead. As he continued to slam his fists down on the hard metal he finally caught the power button, turning it on and causing all the computers in the room to turn on and light up. Before he had a chance to celebrate his success he was suddenly pushed aside by the girl who was unphased by the sudden flashing lights that appeared and took his place at the console before starting to type away. After a few minutes several lights started to turn green before the large machine that had been sat idly in the middle of the room roared to life causing the whole place to vibrate.

Naruto looked around the once dark room now illuminated with all the small flashing lights, the sight reminding him of an arcade he use to play at when he was younger, before he turned around and headed back outside which now seemed much brighter than it did earlier. Pocking his head out the hole he watched as the lights that lined the side of the building he was in turn on one by one lighting the surrounding area up, the small fish scattering in their wake. What was once dark, murky water where you could only see a few feet ahead was now brightly lit up as the lights continued to switch on till Naruto found himself floating above a whole city, carved out of the sides of the chasm they'd been swimming down. He looked around in awe as he followed the girl deeper and deeper into the depths of the sea as they continued past more buildings of different shapes and sizes that surrounded them. The sheer size of the place had caught him by surprise and caused him to wonder, had all this been built underwater or had the place been sunk like the ruins he'd found earlier.

Eventually they reached the bottom of the sea and were joined by other members of the crew who'd swam down after the lights had been switch on who immediately got to work securing the large cables they'd brought down with them to the ocean floor. Trying to understand what they were doing he swam to where one of the cables had been connected to have a closer look. Tapping the surface he was surprised to hear the sound of metal echo through the water as he then started to wipe the surrounding mud and dirt away revealing a faded pattern underneath. This Naruto thought must have been the big prize that had been mentioned. Suddenly the ground shook causing him to start swimming for the surface, worried that there was an earthquake, but as he was making his way up someone grabbed him by the arm. Panicked he spun around to defend himself only to see the face of the girl as she held him, pulling him alone with her away from the sea bed as the cables became tight and slowly started to pull the salvage up through the water. The pair floated side by side in the water watching it slowly get raised before the pale eyed girl gave him a thumb up and they both headed back towards the surface.

Naruto followed the girl, dragging himself back onto the deck of the ship. Slipping the goggles off his head he threw them aside before shaking his head to dry his hair and covering those that were dry with his wet splashes. The two men on deck grumble about something as the splashes of water hit their faces as the cabin hatch opened and the man from earlier stepped out.

"Cu ruf't ed ku tufh drana?"

"Veha." The girl replied, pulling her goggles down around her neck and accepting the towel handed to her with a smile. "Drana fych'd y keyhd uldubic dnoehk du dayn sa ybynd drec desa."

"Famm dra udran crebc femm pa rana eh dra sunhehk du ramb fedr dra cymjyka, cu fryd fyc ed oui vuiht tufh drana?" He asked as he led the group back inside the ship.

"Yh yencreb."

"Yh yencreb? Ruf tet fa syhyka du veht uha uv druca?" Naruto heard the last guard say as the door started to close behind him.

"Hey, what about me?" Naruto yelled, but was too late as the hatch closed, leaving him outside in the cold night, banging his fists against it hoping to get their attention. "I helped too."

He wanted to yell at the top of his lungs to get someone on the insides attention, to let them know he was cold. And very hungry. But that hadn't worked the last dozen times he'd tried, so he resided himself to sitting at the back of the ship in the shadow of its crane, using the tarpaulin that covered it to keep him dry from a passing shower. His stomach growled in protest due to the lack of food. The last time he'd eaten anything was before his blitzball match when Konaha had been attacked, and he had no idea just how long ago that had been with the number of times he'd passed out.

'When I get home I'm getting ramen.' He thought to himself with a small smile on his face. 'I'll have two; no three large bowls of miso, Pork? Hell I'll have both.' He was so lost in his thoughts that he never knew he was being watched till he heard the sound of metal clang against the ground in front of him. Snapping out of his daze he looked to the source of the sound and found a try piled high with meat, rice and bread sat in front of him. He then heard a giggle and he looked up with drool running down from his mouth to see the girl looking down at him, failing miserably not to laugh at the silly face he was making.

"For me?" he asked slowly inching closer to the food, waiting for her to give him the ok.

"Unless you're not hungry ?" she asked, but before he could say yes his stomach rumbled for everyone to hear, giving the reply for him as he dived for the grub. Ignoring the utensils that were available he scooped the food up in his hands before putting it in his mouth, and before his first mouthful was finished he stuffed more in. It wasn't the best food he'd had, but at this point any food was better than no food at all.

"Hey wait, slow down." The girl cried out as he ripped the bread in half with his teeth and tried to swallow it without chewing, only to panic when it got stuck in his throat. Gripping his throat, his face turning red, as he chocked and gasped for air the girl rolled her eyes before holding out a canteen for the blonde, who quickly snatched it off her before downing half its contents and clearing his throat.

Taking large breaths he rested against the crane relieved that he could breathe once again before looking back at the girl who just stood in front of him, a smile on her face as she enjoyed the entertainment he'd been providing. Taking one last mouthful and taking his time to chew his food he stood up and moved closer to the girl, looking at her very closely. She was short, thin, with her dark brown hair tied up, and those eyes. Those milky white eyes were so strange, with no pupils he was sure she was blind and yet she'd been swimming in the sea and helped fight against the creature that'd attacked him earlier, so that couldn't be it. If so much hadn't already happened to him he would have thought it was strange, but with the attack on his home and washing up in some unknown land it was very low on the list. Swallowing his mouthful he asked the first question that came to mind.

"Can you understand me? What's your name?"

"Of course I understand you and the names Hanabi." The girl giggled behind her hand before Naruto wrapped his arms around her waist and picked her up and spun her around. "Put me down." She yelled, hitting him in the back with her small fists while he cheered in relief. Finally starting to feel dizzy he lowered the girl back down onto her feet and watched her stumble and fall over while he regained his balance.

"Why didn't you speak earlier?" he asked, helping her to her feet before resting back against the railings.

Hanabi dusted the dirt off her wetsuit before jumping up to sit on the railing beside him. "Sorry about what happened earlier it's just we thought oui were a fiend."

"Erm what's oui?" he asked confused by the strange word she'd used.

"Oh sorry, oui mean's you. Sometimes I use Hyuga words without realising."

"Hyuga?" Great, he finally got one question answered, but now he had another. With all these questions he'd been asking since he left home he was starting to get a headache.

"Yea, we're Hyuga, can't you tell?" She replied, motioning to the ship and clothes she was wearing, as though they should have given them away, before a thought occurred to her. "Wait, you're not a Hyuga hater are you?" she suddenly asked defensively, jumping off the rail and took as few steps back from the blonde as though ready to run away.

"A Hyuga hater?" He repeated, scratching his head in thought. "I've never even heard of a Hyuga before just now."

"Never heard of us before?" she asked dubiously. "Who are you? Where are you from if you've never heard of us Hyuga?"

"I'm Naruto." He puffed his chest out with pride. "Star player of the Konaha Spirals." But rather then get the reaction he was used to when people realised who he was, Hanabi just looked confused as though he was a talking toad.

"Did you hit your head or something?" She asked.

"Um, you guys hit me." He replied as he rubbed the spot they'd hit him on his head.

"You're from Konaha?" Hanabi asked as Naruto nodded his head. "Konaha was destroyed over a thousand years ago."

"What? No. It can't be." He shouted with a look of shock and confusion. "That's my home, I was only there yesterday."

"Ok calm down." She pleaded, seeing the anger in his eyes and waited for him to calm down. "Why don't you tell me what you remember?"

So with them both looking out to sea, Naruto told the young girl everything there was to tell about Konaha, about life there, blitzball, and the Jubi of Sin's attack...and about how he and Kakashi were engulfed in this light before finding himself washed up in this strange land. He found himself just saying things as they came to mind. And all the while Hanabi just stood there listening carefully to what he was saying.

"If Konaha was destroyed all those years ago, how'd I end up here?" he wondered out loud, the idea that his home had been destroyed so long ago just didn't seem right to him.

"You say you were attacked by the Jubi?" The blonde nodded back. "Well that's it then. You're probably just under the effect of its toxin."

"What do you mean?"

"The Jubi gives off this toxin that affects those who get too close to it but are lucky enough to survive." The Hyuga explained. "It causes memory loss, making people forget who they are and those closest to them. Luckily it's only temporary so you should remember everything properly in a few days. Maybe you just had some sort of dream"

"Ok." He said unconvincingly as he nodded his head, he wasn't going to argue with her, but he wasn't suffering from memory loss, or remembering a dream, he knew who he was. He was a blitzball player from Konaha. Wasn't he? "So you're saying I'm sick cause of this toxin? You sure?"

"Yea, like I said Konoha was destroyed by the Jubi over a thousand years ago, so how could anyone play blitzball there anymore."

"It can't be." He muttered to himself and shook his head in defiance. "I saw that thing attack Konaha."

"So you're a blitzball player right?" the white eyed girl continued. "You should go to Tanzaku. They're holding a big blitzball tournament there. I'm sure someone there will recognise you there and they can take you home."

"Yea, I guess." He replied unenthusiastically, but Hanabi never noticed as she started bouncing around him.

"Well it's settled then we'll get you there so don't worry." she said as she started to make her way towards the bridge of the ship before stopping and turning back around. "Or you can stay here with us if you want?" she said with a large smile on her face.

"No, no, no, I'm good." He panicked. He was worried that if he spent too much time on the ship with the Hyuga he'd become their personal punching bag.

"Ok then." She replied a little upset, after years of trying she'd finally made non Hyuga friend but now he wanted to leave. "Oh, and one last thing. Don't tell people you're from Konaha. It's something of a religious place to most people, so even if it is only the toxin talking, some people won't take it too kindly."

Naruto had to stop himself laughing as she spoke. He must have been in a different world, the idea of his Konaha being a religious place was just a big joke to him.

"So its decided then, I'll tell the guys to head to Tanzaku ." she said as she started making her way back inside the ship, before she suddenly stopped as she remembered something and ran back across the deck to him. "By the way this is for thinking I was a guy." She then kicked him in the shin.

Wincing in pain he clutched his leg with both hands and hopped around the deck, while shouting several words Hanabi had never heard before, but was sure her father would never want her to repeat when his foot got caught in a rope and he fell to the floor.

But rather than the thump people would have expected from someone falling over, the ship violently rocked, knocking Hanabi off her feet and sent her tumbling with Naruto across the deck before crashing against the crane.

"What just happened?" Naruto asked as he got back to his feet and pulled Hanabi back up.

The ships hatch opened and the crew came rushing out to find out what had happened, but as soon as they stepped out the door they fell over each other as the ship shook again as though it'd been hit by something and with a crash of water something black rose out of the water.

"Sin!"

"Jubi!"

The men screamed in panic as the Jubi started to rise out of the water while it slowly circled the ship. Naruto looked around in awe as everyone around him ran about in panic. In the very short time he'd spent with Hanabi the one thing he knew for certain was that the Jubi of Sin was a bringer of death, something he could truly believe after seeing it destroy his home. Suddenly one of the Jubi's tales shot out of the water and struck the side of the ship, making it roll onto its side, close to capsizing. Hanabi fell across the deck and caught herself on the railing, stopping herself from entering the water as a maelstrom started to form below them. Naruto meanwhile had grabbed a hold of a loose cable from the crane and hung on for dear life, praying for the ship to right it's self before he fell. But as the ship shook again, groaning in pain as it was knocked about by the great monster, the cable became loose and clutching the end he fell several feet before it stopped suddenly, causing him to continue falling. Closing his eyes he waited for the moment that he would hit the cold water, but it never happened instead feeling something gripping his hand. Opening his eyes he saw Hanabi, clinging onto him and desperately trying to drag him back onboard. Slowly she pulled him back till he was able to grab onto the railing himself, a sigh of relief escaping her lips. It was short lived though as several crates came loose from their bindings and tumbled across the deck, and while Hanabi was able to dodge them Naruto was not so lucky, being hit in the head and lost his grip.

As he fell, time seemed to slow as he saw Hanabi reaching out for him in a futile attempt to catch him, her white eyes wide in fear before he hit the water and was swallowed up by the watery vortex.